S 10600 NY
Relates to ensuring the privacy of name change actions and of sex designation change actions; repealer
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Summary
This bill requires state agencies to protect the privacy of name change and sex designation change records. The legislation directs the Office of Court Administration, court clerks, and records custodians to develop policies ensuring no identifying information about these actions appears in state electronic databases. The bill restricts the visibility and retrievability of name change and sex designation change documentation in state systems. The legislation establishes privacy protections for individuals who undergo legal name changes or sex designation changes.
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Official abstract
Requires the office of court administration, clerks, and all other records custodians to develop policies and procedures to ensure no identifying information or documentation relating to name change actions or sex designation change actions is visible or retrievable in any electronic database maintained by the state of New York or a subdivision thereof.
Sponsor (1)
- Erik Bottcher Democratic · primary
8 coauthors / cosponsors
- Cordell Cleare Democratic · cosponsor
- Jeremy Cooney Democratic · cosponsor
- Patricia Fahy Democratic · cosponsor
- Robert Jackson Democratic · cosponsor
- Liz Krueger Democratic · cosponsor
- Rachel May Democratic · cosponsor
- Julia Salazar Democratic · cosponsor
- Luis R. Sepúlveda Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (1)
- May 29, 2026 REFERRED TO CODES · upper
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